Xbox beats PlayStation sales in Japan for first time in eight years

According to Famitsu, the Xbox Series S surpassed both versions of the PlayStation 5 combined in Japan last week.
The last time Microsoft consoles dominated Sony consoles was in 2014, when the Xbox One came out, and there are fewer than 10 total.Sales in the Land of the Rising Sun from May 9 to May 15 (in parentheses, the circulation for the entire time):Nintendo Switch OLED - 35,868 consoles (1,757,019 consoles).Nintendo Switch - 20,443 consoles (18,288,818 consoles).Nintendo Switch Lite - 9,011 consoles (4,719,293 consoles).
Xbox Series S - 6,120 consoles (105,408 consoles).PlayStation 5 - 2,240 consoles (1,385,128 consoles).PlayStation 5 Digital Edition - 453 consoles (235,710 consoles).Nintendo 2DS XL and regular 2DS - 235 consoles (1,185,959 consoles).
Xbox Series X - 105 consoles (99,469 consoles).PlayStation 4 - 22 consoles (7,819,548 consoles).From April 25 to May 8, Xbox Series S was bought 10,610 times, Xbox Series X 3,508 and PS5 49,798.
This gap between neighboring weeks seems to be due to a shortage of non-extgen consoles.Not since the launch of the Xbox One has Xbox outsold PlayStation in Japan.It's happened less than 10 times overall.
https://t.co/YWNh5UiiLw pic.twitter.com/c882RRJ03C- Game Data Library (@GameDataLibrary) May 19, 2022As of February, 2.3 million Xbox consoles of all generations had been sold in Japan.
And as of early March, the distribution across platforms is as follows:Xbox 360 - 1,616,128 consoles.Xbox - 472,992 consoles.Xbox Series X/S - 142,024 consoles.Xbox One - 114,831 consoles.For comparison, in Japan total circulation of the PS5 alone has already exceeded one million units and Switch - 20 million.
The popularity of the hybrid console is also evidenced by the boxed game sales chart for the week of May 9th through May 15th - or rather, the fact that all of these games were released for Nintendo consoles:Nintendo Switch Sports - 47,525 copies (352,113 copies).
Kirby and the Forgotten Land - 14,903 copies (710,714 copies).Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 11,127 copies (4,632,554 copies).eBASEBALL Powerful Pro Baseball 2022 - 10,372 copies (164,305 copies).
Ring Fit Adventure - 6,839 copies (3,151,727 copies).Minecraft - 6,553 copies (2,641,949 copies).The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story - 6,409 copies (new release).Super Smash Bros.
Ultimate - 5,849 copies (4,879,799 copies).Mario Party Superstars - 4,360 copies (964,133 copies).The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 4,245 copies (2,025,606 copies).